Ministers from 196 nations gathered on Dec. 12, 2015 to celebrate the signing of the Paris Agreement — a welcomed sight after two weeks of intense negotiations during the United Nations Framework Convention...

Provincial and state governments have begun to regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases ("GHG"). In particular, Québec and California created Cap-and-trade schemes/systems ("Cap‑and-trade") and harmonized their rules.

On January 15, 2011, the Ministers of Environment and Health published notice of their intention to add forty petroleum and refinery gases, which are currently specified on the Domestic Substances List, to the List of Toxic Substances (Schedule 1 of CEPA, 1999). These gases are produced during petroleum refining, upgrading or natural gas processing, and vary in composition depending upon the source of crude oil, bitumen or natural gas, and processing. They are considered "site restricted" subs

In a surprise move on Friday, February 11th, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced that it was halting the development of all offshore wind projects in the Canadian side of the Great Lakes.